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Re:Offline Algorithms in Low-Frequency Trading on Saturday January 30, 2021 @11:15AM (#25970242)
Where are you writing your options? Only the stablecoin pairs seem to be liquid
Re:Versioning Your Home Directory on Sunday June 09, 2019 @11:52PM (#20143792)
I use this: https://github.com/holman/dotfiles.git

Dotfiles are stored in git, and run a script that creates symlinks to those dotfiles

I've been using revealjs too! I've been using this: https://github.com/yjwen/org-reveal
Re:What of the lowly page number on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @03:24AM (#16919246)
Useful for copying books before the printing press, you can check your copy by scanning through this word list

They would count the number of each letter for the bible, for example

Re:Paperclips on Sunday October 15, 2017 @12:58PM (#15477957)
[spoiler] I chose the reject option, what does "accept" change? [/spoiler]
I use pinboard.in so is there a method to run bookmarklets to bookmark pages?
Re:Show HN: Kubernetes as a back-end for OpenFaaS on Monday August 28, 2017 @09:21AM (#15116325)
I'm in the process of doing this with Rancher -- is it worthwhile to use both to see the difference, or go with Kubernetes?
Re:What it feels like to be in the zone as a programmer on Sunday August 20, 2017 @11:40AM (#15058836)
Sounds like the Ballmer Peak: https://xkcd.com/323/
Maintenance is not an issue if bike-sharing becomes a non-viable business.

One of the scam bike-sharing business models are to make money on deposits, raise money from investors, and bounce.

So the Chinese government is looking at forcing these companies to place deposits into reserve accounts, instead of letting them declare as revenue to attract investors.

Thanks! This is great, works with oh-my-zsh
Re:Python For Finance: Algorithmic Trading on Saturday June 03, 2017 @04:06AM (#14475485)
And that one day was due to a programming error, not a trading error
Re:Accidentally Stopping a Global Cyber Attack on Saturday May 13, 2017 @11:59AM (#14331577)
Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften German Noun

- insurance company which provides legal protection

Re:Accidentally Stopping a Global Cyber Attack on Saturday May 13, 2017 @11:18AM (#14331397)
Sometimes sandboxes resolve all DNS, so if you point to to a nonsensical URL and it resolves, then you may be in a sandbox.
Are you referring to a previous article that says Uber Eats is just to juice up Uber's revenue numbers for their investors?

I recall that Uber ride-share accounting doesn't use top line as revenue (only the cut), but for Uber Eats, they are allowed to use the whole order as revenue.

I like using Wikipedia's Special:Random as a new tab to get a new fact every time

Set as your home page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random

Re:The origins of XXX as FIXME on Monday April 17, 2017 @11:16AM (#14131493)
For journalists, the placeholder typically taught is "TK" for fact-checking later, as in "The youngest president was TK years old."
He raised the price of Daraprim for insurers, and allows patients to receive it for free if they can't afford it
Re:A Map Showing Every Cargo Ship on Monday August 22, 2016 @12:44AM (#12334158)
Re:Spaceplan on Saturday August 13, 2016 @09:45AM (#12281473)
Click "System Peeker" in the top middle of the screen, under "Planet Looker"
Re:Slackware 14.2 released on Saturday July 02, 2016 @06:37AM (#12022054)
There's a slackware security newsletter that blasts out new patches news
Re:"Payload to Mars" Added to SpaceX Pricelist on Sunday May 01, 2016 @12:57AM (#11604937)
If you can defend it, you can keep it
Here's one in Python, for those who want choices: https://github.com/donnemartin/haxor-news
Re:China Cracks Down on Politically Incorrect Maps on Friday December 18, 2015 @12:02AM (#10756728)
Could she be referring to different map projections?

https://xkcd.com/977/

Re:23andMe meets FDA standards, adds back wellness reports on Thursday October 22, 2015 @05:41AM (#10431294)
Statistics and risk are meaningless when your name is attached to the report.

To go to the extreme, a 0.001% chance of genetic disease can drive a person to make emotional decisions.

Re:Coders at Work on finding and preventing bugs on Saturday August 08, 2015 @06:38AM (#10026888)
Anybody have a debugging workaround for Haskell? Dropping print statements is doable, but not very nice looking.

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